ML052370293
| ML052370293 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry, Watts Bar, Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 08/08/2005 |
| From: | Morris G Tennessee Valley Authority |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, NRC/SECY, NRC/SECY/RAS |
| References | |
| EA-05-007 | |
| Download: ML052370293 (5) | |
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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street. Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 August 8, 2005 EA-05-007 10 CFR 2.202 Secretary Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen:
In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-259 50-327 Tennessee Valley Authority
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50-260 50-328 50-296 50-390 ANSWER TO ISSUANCE OF ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL QUANTITIES OF CONCERN FOR SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN), UNITS 1 AND 2; BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN), UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; AND WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT (WBN), UNIT 1 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) hereby submits its response to the Order requiring compliance with additional security measures to enhance the security for transport of certain radioactive material quantities of concern for SQN, BFN, and WBN (hereinafter "Order") issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 19, 2005.
The NRC defines these additional security measures in Attachment B to the subject Order.
Pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR § 2.202, the Enclosure to this letter provides TVA's answer to the Order.
There are no new regulatory commitments in this letter.
If you have any questions about this response, please contact me at (423) 751-7267.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 August 8, 2005 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on the 8th day of August 2005.
Sincerely, Glenn W. Morris Manager, Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Enclosure cc (Enclosure):
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:
Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Ms. Eva A. Brown, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS 08G9 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Mr. Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS 08G9 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Ms. Margaret H. Chernoff, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS 08G9 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 cc:
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 August 8, 2005 cc (Enclosure):
Regional Administrator Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St., SW, Suite 23T85 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8931 Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Assistant General Counsel for Material Litigation and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Office of Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 10833 Shaw Road Athens, Alabama 35611-6970 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379-3624 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000
ENCLOSURE ANSWER TO ISSUANCE OF ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL QUANTITIES OF CONCERN FOR SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN), UNITS I AND 2; BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN), UNITS 1, 2, AND 3; AND WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT (WBN), UNIT I Under cover of a letter dated July 19, 2005, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
("NRC" or "Commission") transmitted an immediately effective order entitled: "Order Imposing Additional Security Measures (Effective Immediately)" (EA-05-007) ("Order"),
to, inter alia, TVA. The Order states that, as a result of its initial consideration of current safeguards and security requirements, as well as a review of information provided by the intelligence community, the Commission has determined "that certain security measures are required to be implemented by Licensees as prudent, interim measures to address the current threat environment in a consistent manner." Order, p. 2. The Order requires compliance with specific additional security measures as set forth in Attachment B of the Order, which supplement existing regulatory requirements, by all licensees identified in Attachment A of the Order to enhance the security for transporting radioactive material quantities of concern. These additional security measures are to remain in effect until the Commission determines otherwise. The Commission recognizes that licensees may have already initiated many of the measures set forth in Attachment B to the Order in response to previously issued Safeguards and Threat Advisories on their own.
Although it found that the security measures implemented by licensees in response to the Safeguards and Threat Advisories have been adequate to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of common defense and security, in light of the continuing threat environment, the Commission concluded the security measures must be embodied in an Order, consistent with the established regulatory framework. In addition,
pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.202, in light of the common defense and security matters it identified above, the Commission concluded that the public health and safety required that the Order be immediately effective.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.202(d), TVA consents to the Order and is not requesting a hearing on the captioned dockets. TVA will complete implementation of the requirements in Attachment B to the Order by January 17, 2006, or before the next shipment of radioactive material quantities of concern ("RAMQC") thereafter.